MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 34.62,-98.35 Latitude: 34.62 Longitude: -98.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 111 SFC 972 361 24.1 9.6 40 14.5 15.3 99 8 299.7 301.1 289.5 322.5 7.73 2 950 559 27.4 9.2 32 18.2 16.1 111 20 305.0 306.4 291.2 328.2 7.69 3 900 1035 24.7 7.9 34 16.8 14.4 112 18 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.7 7.46 4 850 1533 20.8 6.7 40 14.1 12.3 116 11 307.9 309.3 291.7 330.1 7.24 5 800 2053 16.7 5.1 46 11.5 9.9 195 5 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.2 6.92 6 750 2598 12.2 3.5 55 8.7 7.3 263 9 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.2 6.59 7 700 3172 7.9 0.2 58 7.7 3.8 309 12 311.2 312.3 291.3 328.6 5.56 8 650 3778 2.9 -1.2 74 4.1 0.8 334 15 312.2 313.2 291.5 329.1 5.39 9 600 4421 -1.9 -6.0 73 4.1 -3.7 336 19 314.0 314.7 290.9 327.0 4.08 10 550 5108 -5.9 -12.0 62 6.1 -8.3 329 22 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.2 2.77 11 500 5848 -10.5 -17.2 58 6.6 -12.8 332 21 320.2 320.6 290.8 326.9 1.99 12 450 6652 -15.4 -25.5 42 10.1 -18.0 336 19 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.6 1.06 13 400 7532 -20.3 -30.7 39 10.4 -22.5 335 36 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.2 0.74 14 350 8508 -26.9 -41.0 25 14.1 -28.8 329 47 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.30 15 300 9600 -35.5 -47.9 27 12.4 -36.5 318 40 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.17 16 250 10844 -44.2 -59.5 16 15.4 -44.7 304 39 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.05 17 200 12312 -52.5 -67.5 15 15.0 -52.8 297 46 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14131 -61.6 -74.2 17 12.5 -61.7 300 35 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16593 -67.2 -83.0 9 15.8 -67.3 288 15 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.24 m Freezing level: 619.70 mb = 4167.85 m = 13673.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.34 mb = 3886.13 m = 12749.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.65 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.61 mb = 2216.93 m = 7273.30 ft T: 15.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 1.64 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.64 mb = 3695.29 m = 12123.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.38 C = 97.48 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.12 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.33 C Cross Totals Index: 17.22 C K Index: 30.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5980.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.13 mb = 2959.51 m = 9709.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.8 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 7.8 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.2 neg: -23.2 tot: 137.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 117.11 m/s